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Wrung out, once again...
Sorry guys I was slacking on the photos today. Too busy just working.
We got the 2 huge doors all stripped down to bare metal inside and out. I had to cut out a soft spot on each door smaller than a post it note and puzzle piece metal patches in to replace small rust spots. I pulled dents on one door, I did the seam sealer throughout the rest of the car, undercoating on the insides of the quarters from inside the trunk... Sealed the insides of the wheel houses, worked more on blending the quarters to rockers...
We're just plain dizzy with the tiredness.
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That's OK. we'll look at pics in the AM.
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Well here's one of my metal patches at the bottom corner of a door, trimmed and ready to weld. I did both doors. The doors are both ready for primer. Bottom side of the N96 (ram air) hood got a couple spot welds fixed, got sand blasted and primed today. trunk seams got seam sealer, I try to simulate factory seams which are actually sealed pretty crudely... And the man body continues to endure minor tasks with seam sealers & and spots of filler here and there, mostly where it had factory filler. Body seams by rockers, sail panels and cowels.
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Thanks, Yeah the bottom side of the trunk lid is gett'n some attention too, white b gone.
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It can't come soon enough, I'm wiped!!
I'm really shooting for June... which is what I said last year at this time LOL!!
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Ahh - you'll get to the end when it's ready. I'm sure you'd rather have it right than right now.
What you do need is a lead sled project. Was a nice 50 Merc roller (no drivetrain) for sale at work last month for 2500.00
If I only had the space......
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big merc is getting hard to find.
We have the boy's mini merc (the 51 tudoor) complete with running flat head V8... so, we got that goin for us... which is nice.
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I know - shoulda bought it Carl.
Was pretty straight, flat black and it would have been easy to get it goin - rat rod style.
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saddness...
I will finish my bronze colored 1554 beer now...
That ain't no Natty Light - some of New Belgium's better straight production work. Just right for a late April sleet storm. Over 1/2 done with the car Dave?
Support your local brewer.
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I likee to think far past half ways.
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Amazing level of workmanship there, Dave.
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What seam sealer are you using , Dave? One of the Pliogrips?
It's wild how the doors didn't need a patch all the way to the edge.
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Yeah I really lucked out on the doors. They only broke through with a trace of rust where moist dirt was trapped in the narrow ply between inner and outer door shell in the bottom corners.
I'm using a paintable seam sealer from dominion.
dominion sure seal.
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.
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dave, I love automotive work, particularly bodywork.
I could watch it for hours. John
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I have zero experience in doing body work, but I know enough to stand back and admire a master at work.
ND, this RR project is amazing. I love your diligence in doing the hard stuff that most restorers would blow off as "close enough for government work". Those triangular inserts in the corners of the door panels blew me away!
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Well, it's not as tricky or admirable as sewing a new liver into a person's guts but... Thanks!
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Dave, I don't do liver transplants... my surgical skills are somewhat, shall we say, crude? Just ask eh76 and frogman43 about my skills in field dressing antelope if you need more graphic depictions...
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